Michigan man in trouble after bragging about 13-point buck kill

A Lapeer County man is facing enforcement action after officials found he didn’t have a license when he shot a 13-point buck, even boasting about it on Facebook.

Officers began comparing when the man posted his “monster” kill on Facebook with the time he purchased his hunting license, after someone who saw the post dropped a line to Michigan’s Department of Natural Resources hotline. According to the DNR website, the man can face up to 90 days in jail and a $50 to $500 fine.

Then, conservation officers Jesse Curtis and Sgt. Todd Szyska came to the man’s door, first reported by MLive. The hunter was more than jazzed to show the officers the buck, which was hanging from a pulley system in a barn, tagged and notched.

When the time discrepancy was mentioned, the man admitted to shooting the buck before he bought a license — but buying one after the fact in an effort to do right because “it was a buck of a lifetime.”

It is unclear what enforcement action was taken. Efforts by the Free Press went unanswered Friday morning.